Most Olympic medals – 26
This is a record that most of us are familiar with, thanks to the fact that it has also become Phelps’s de facto title.
So, with the most number of team medals and the most number of individual medals, Michael Phelps is now the most decorated Olympian of all time. His 27 medals – 20 of which are gold – automatically makes him the most decorated swimmer of all time as well.
However, this is a record for which the only person Phelps has had to beat has been himself. He has been the holder of most Olympic medals since London 2012 – a record that has only been improved upon with definitiveness in this year's Olympics.
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